The features of the end of the ongoing confrontations between the Iraqi security and military forces and the leaders of Daesh and its fighters began to emerge after its features were drawn by field control of Iraq’s military formations and the withdrawal of fighters Daesh through a series of fierce battles that took place in the vicinity of the old area and shops in the Mosul city center forming an important start to end the suffering of the people of the city after the gathering forces used basic principles in the field battle represented with numerous forces that used the style of night fighting by combat divisions and formations within the field intelligence plan under the supervision of American advisers who founded combat principles that its features and disciplines have been clarified two weeks ago, where anti- terrorism fighters managed to break into the old area after the failure of the formations of the Federal Police and rapid response forces(QRF) to enter to the neighborhoods and popular shops of the center of the city of Mosul over the 100 day that the city suffered from the demolition and destruction of all infrastructure caused by the indiscriminate and irresponsible use of heavy weapons such as rockets , guns and heavy mortars and rocket launchers that have killed thousands of civilian martyrs who were victims of these military operations and injured thousands of civilians and local residents who were seriously injured led to the death of many of them because of the lack of First Aid and lack of medical supplies and the continued siege by Daesh and security forces in the areas which witnessed confrontations between the two sides.
The first operations that led to bring about great change in the field track of the battle were started with the control of joint forces on the important strategic popular neighborhoods namely (Zndjeli- al-Shifa, Bab al-Tob – Bab jedid -bab al-Bidh – Faruq street ) and opening up in several directions towards the narrow Alleys and small lanes in the areas (Abd khoub , Souq al-Shareen , Nabi Girgis -Makawi – Mishahda ), which led to a significant reversal in the course of the fighting which has led to a complete collapse of the fighters Daesh and loss of control and discipline , characterized by years ago and remained dependent on the ways defined by the organization which are the use of car and Bike bombs and Alangemasin and the formation of the first lines of the repulse with the preparation of snipers on the roofs of buildings and high houses, which the Iraqi Helicopter aircrafts and army aviation addressed them and rendered their effectiveness .
Having achieved this field progress , we can read the next future , according to the following:
1. United States of America and its military and intelligence rushed to point out the great field role played by providing field plans and military consulting and lay the foundations for confronting fighters Daesh and field presence with Iraqi military units and meetings with field leaders who led the confrontations in the operations “we are coming ,Nineveh” (Qadimun Ya Naynawa ) , and to demonstrate its effectiveness and set of field fortifications and to provide intelligence and security directives that led to the achievement of military progress that the confrontations witnessed inside the city of Mosul.
2. This American statement comes to thwart many of the allegations that the regional States are trying to claim in its endeavor to find a decisive role in the face of Daesh inside Iraq and the provinces, which saw military, intellectual and political conflicts and confrontation over the past three years, specifically what was done by many Iranian political and military officials that led to the defeat Daesh in Iraq is the support and assistance, participation and confrontation carried out by the Iranian security and intelligence and military services and the presence of its leaders in the battlefield and the reference to the role played by Qassem Soleimani and officers of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and armed militias that are directly linked to Iran and the crucial role played by advisors in directing the course of battle and the preparation of field plans, especially in Salahuddin and Diyala provinces and cities of the province (Ramadi-Fallujah- jurf al-Sakhar) and the western axis of the province of Nineveh.
3. United Nations organizations and its bodies have counted the figures that relate to the victims that fell as a result of coming , Nineveh battles, which began on 17th of October 2016 Until now and identified relief tasks and field assistance carried out by humanitarian organizations associated with the United Nations, and despite the lack of role , which expected by these organizations , however it constitutes a proper position to take into account the sufferings and sacrifices and groans of citizens and residents of the city of Mosul of the displaced people , who numbered more than 950 thousand displaced people who are distributed in the number of camps prepared for them in the areas of (Khazar-Hassan Sham- Hamam A’el – Qayyarah) which lacks the most basic requirements of decent living.
4. keeping silent for the fact of the sacrifices made by the city of Mosul, represented by demolition of the infrastructure of its landmarks, industries, bridges, financial banks and communication networks in addition to the damage of the landmarks of its civilization and features of its identity and character and unwillingness to confront the world public opinion and simulate the human conscience of the number of victims that fell as a result of military operations that in a primary information that are pursuit on the ground and counted through private sources, we can define an initial outcome of these sacrifices, which amounted to more than 35 thousand martyrs of the local population and the wounding of 50 thousand civilian citizens and the destruction and fall of 23 thousand housing units.
5.Readiness and the preparation of early plans to begin the first stages in the face of the elements of Daesh in the district of Tal Afar, which began targeting its headquarters and its leaders and its formations within the district center through the air and ground bombardment of coalition aircraft and with the participation of the Iraqi aviation operations as well as many of the intelligence operations and the collection of security information on the presence and movement of elements Daesh in the district and we believe that this battle will be a decisive factor in the end not only the organization of Daesh but in defining the milestone of political and field work in Iraq and throughout the Middle East and draw the landmarks of new policy and common interests of many regional and global countries .
The Iraqi Studies Unit
Rawabet Center for Research and Strategic Studies